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If your relative or friend is a morning person who loves breakfast, a breakfast coffee gift basket is a great idea. If so, you will probably want a breakfast blend or other coffee that the person would want to drink at breakfast. Know if the gift recipient prefers whole beans, ground beans or K-Cup coffee.
Next, hit the supermarket, gourmet food store or Internet to fill the basket. You can choose a mix for pancakes, scones or waffles - if the person has a waffle maker. How about some gourmet maple syrup? Good maple syrup makes a plate of pancakes or waffles even better.
If you want a socially responsible gift, choose organic coffee and an organic foods store or section.
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Coffee Gifts For Any Budget
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Tip: Gourmet comes in all sizes - small packages, from individual serving Keurig gourmet kcup coffee to larger packages, including 12-ounce bags from gourmet companies including Green Mountain Coffee Roasters. Gourmet coffee can come in several roasts, including light roasted beans, which are bright and vibrant, with fruit notes. It comes in medium roasts and blends of light and darker roasts, which are deep, rich and full-bodied. Dark roasted coffees are specially roasted for espresso, lattes and cappuccinos. Contrary to popular belief, a strong tasting gourmet coffee does not have more caffeine than a regular cup. The caffeine does not actually add or detract from the taste. It is recommended that gourmet coffees are ground just before brewing. Gourmet single-cup coffee comes with a “best used by” date so that you get the best flavor from your coffee. Specialty coffee does not have to be expensive. According to the Specialty Coffee Association, most estate grown coffee sells for $12 per pound, which gives you about 50 cups, or a cup for 24 cents per cup.
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Socially Responsible Coffee Gift Basket
Your gift can delight your loved one and also support coffee farms and coffee-growing regions by choosing organic and fair trade products for your coffee basket. Fair trade is about fair price for farmers, fair labor conditions for farm workers, community development in coffee growing nations and environmental sustainability. Start with organic or fair-trade beans, grounds or K-Cup coffees. To ensure that your coffee gift baskets meet these standards, look for a label indicating that it is certified.
Check out the Fair Trade Certified website for Fair Trade coffees, teas, chocolates, fresh fruit, body products and more. To find out what companies in your state offer organic products, visit the Organic Consumers Association website.
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Beyond The Bean Baskets: Coffee Clubs And More
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Tip: Gourmet coffee beans are a great gift for the coffee lover on your list, and that gift gets even better when those beans are just the first gift from a coffee club. If you want to send individual bags of coffee, they can become a thoughtful coffee basket when packaged with other coffee accessories. Put together your own coffee gift basket by combining a favorite blend or flavor with a coffee cup or coffee mug. You can match them to the kitchen, find something seasonal, or just get cups that you think they will love for your morning coffee. Oversized mugs make a great gift because they give a good jolt in the morning and then can be used later for a snack of ice cream or popcorn.
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Coffee Gifts For Any Budget
Whether you have a $25 limit for your gourmet coffee gift, or price is no option, there are many options. No coffee gift would be complete without coffee, from there, there are no limits.
For $25, you can package a 12-ounce bag of gourmet coffee and a set of two cappuccino glasses, espresso glasses or a tin of tasty cookies.
For the same price, you can give a gift including a K-Cup coffee in a box of 25 servings and a coffee bean bookmark or a cool coffee scoop.
If you want to spend $25-50:
Pick up a sampler of coffees and pair it with: a tin of cookies, a jar of toffee and a coffee mug, a set of ornaments made in Rwanda, or a travel coffee press.
Feel free to substitute a 12-month coffee club for the sampler.
To spend $50-75:
For the music playing coffee drinking or the coffee drinking musician, pair a coffee sampler with African hand drums.
Pair a coffee press with a 12-ounce bag of a favorite coffee or a package of K-Cup coffee.
For this price range, you will find several coffee gift baskets or pair a coffee basket with a dessert.
To spend $75-100:
A set of African beaded bowls and a coffee sampler.
Pick up a sampler of coffees, a tin of cookies, a set of cappuccino glasses and a coffee press.
For more than $100, you can pair a coffee press or other type of coffee maker with glasses and coffees.
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Do It Yourself Breakfast Coffee Gift Baskets
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Tip: If you decided to give friends or family members coffee gift baskets for the holidays or a birthday, you can personalize them and show you really know the person. You can start with a basket and use that as a guide to buy what will fit in there, or you can start with what you want to get and then buy a basket. Starting with a basket is usually the most cost efficient because you have to stop buying things when the basket is full. You can order coffee baskets directly from the Green Mountain Coffee Roasters website. Another option is a coffee club that gives the gift of coffee all year such as Green Mountain Coffee’s 12 month Signature Coffee Tour.
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Beyond The Bean Baskets: Coffee Clubs And More
Do you want a coffee gift basket that goes beyond coffee but you don’t want to add mixes or chocolate? There are so many other gifts and accessories that you will have no trouble coming up with ideas for a coffee basket.
Start with whole beans, grounds, or K-Cup coffee and then let your imagination take over.
Know the gift recipient’s music taste? Pick up a CD with soothing music that will ease him or her into the day.
How about a coffee basket with coffee-related accessories? Pick up a cool coffee scoop, a cocoa/sugar shaker to add a treat to a cappuccino or hot chocolate, or a milk thermometer.
Think your loved one might love grinding whole beans? Coffee grinders come in many sizes and price ranges.
Coffee mugs or glasses would also go well in your beyond the bean basket.
If the gift is for someone on the move? How about a travel coffee press? He or she will never have to be without a fresh pot as long as there is access to hot water.
For the gift that keeps on giving, consider a coffee club that will being more coffee to the door.
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Socially Responsible Coffee Gift Basket
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Tip: Buying organic and fair trade gifts will mean something to the gift recipient who is aware of what fair trade and organic means. If you want to ensure that your gift is socially responsible without having to do the research, shop at an organic market or buy from a coffee company such as Green Mountain Coffee Roasters. The company sells organic and fair trade coffee as well as coffee baskets. Try a fair trade organic sampler, a coffee club or the organic breakfast crate. For the recipient who is not aware, the gift will look and taste like any other gourmet coffee gift, but you’ll know that your purchase is doing some good other than making your loved one happy.
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